Told from the perspective of a woman addressing her father, the memory of whom has an oppressive power over her, the poem details the speaker's struggle to break free of his influence. You do not Daddy, I have And a head Ach, du. In the German So I never I could hardly Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen. I began to I may be Sylvia Plath on Poets. The Confessional Movement Plath's poetry is considered to be a part of the Confessional movement, which was marked by very emotional, often autobiographical poetry.
You can learn more about the movement here. Steinberg, has lots of information on Plath's life and work, as well as numerous photos. Plath on Modern American Poetry The University of Illinois provides commentary on a variety of Plath's poetry, as well as biographical information, photos, and an interview.
Interview with Plath A interview with Sylvia Plath. Plath discusses her poetry and inspiration. Plath reads "Daddy" Plath reads her famous poem, which is set to a slideshow.
Self-Portrait A portrait Plath painted of herself in the early s. Plath A classic portrait of the poet. Plath's Family Plath as a baby with her parents. The Collected Poems Plath's poems, in chronological order. This collection won Plath the Pulitzer Prize. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Plath wrote in journals from the age of twelve until her death at age The Unabridged Journals offer all of Plath's uncensored journal entries for the first time.
However, "Daddy" differs from the others in that it shows an attempt to change the situation. Plath states: "Daddy, I have had to kill you. The extent to which her father's memory affected her is obvious; especially from the twelfth stanza on. She states. At twenty I tried to die And get back, back, back to you. I thought even the bones would do. Here Plath refers to an attempted suicide by overdose of sleeping pills, stating that it was an attempt to get back to her father, to be with him in death.
She continues by stating that:. But they pulled me out of the sack, And they stuck me together with glue. And then I knew what to do.
I made a model of you, A man in black with a Meinkampf look. The 'man in black with a Meinkampf look' is a reference to her husband, Ted Hughes who dressed head to toe in black , from whom she had recently separated. She portrays their relationship as a manifestation of her Electra complex , that she was attracted to Hughes because he reminded her of her father. In the next stanza, Plath describes the outcome of this relationship. If I've killed one man, I've killed two- The vampire who said he was you And drank my blood for a year,.
The two men she refers to are her father and Hughes. Killed here means that she has moved on, and forgotten about them. Although from the portrayal of both of them as vampires, it is obvious that this was not done easily, that Plath endured seven years of marriage to this 'vampire'.
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